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Summary:
Biographical sketches and resumes; a list of lectures; correspondence; illustrated notes, typescripts of lectures and other unpublished writings; 21 photographs of Josef Albers; exhibition catalogs; printed material; a subject file on Hilla Rebay containing memos and notes; papers concerning the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, NYC; a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright, Rebay, and Solomon R. Guggenheim with a model of the Guggenheim Museum; "Hostess Reports"; catalogs, clippings, and other miscellaneous printed material.
Citation:
Hannes Beckmann papers, 1930-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 2526 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Typescripts of lectures: All items are photocopies.
Location of Originals:
All materials except typescripts of lectures: Originals in the possession of Elsa N. Beckmann, 10 Woodrow Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755.
Biography Note:
Painter and lecturer; Boston, Mass. and Hanover, N.H. Born in Germany. Taught at the Bauhaus.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent 1981-1982 by Elsa Beckmann, widow of Hannes Beckmann. Typescripts of lectures were subsequently given by Mrs. Beckmann in 1982.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Boston Search this
